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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hampstead 1915

Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Animal Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) INFANT MORTALITY, 1915. Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Animal Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) INFANT MORTALITY, 1915. Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months3 months and under 6 months6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All CausesCertified296424116211211101
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles......1...1.........34
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............1...113
Diphtheria & Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a)..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1......1
Convulsions...............11......2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1......112...15
Pneumonia (all forms)...............253313
Diarrhœa...............32117
Enteritis...............223...7
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...............1.........1
Rickets........................11
Suffocation, overlying..................3......3
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis41......5............5
Congenital Malformations (b2.........21.........3
Premature Birth1331219...1......20
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus812...11333...20
Other causes2.........211116
Totals296424116211211101

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Nett Births in the year: legitimate, 1246 ; illegitimate 81.
Nett Deaths in the year of: legitimate infants, 8 4; illegitimate infants, 17.
(а) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis have been included deaths from Tuberculosis Peritonitis
and Enteritis and from Tabes Mesenterica.
(б) The total deaths from Congential Malformations, Premature Birth, Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus, equal the total in Table III, under the heading Congential Debility and Malformation
including Premature Birth.
"Want of Breast Milk has been included under Atrophy and Debility.
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